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Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64
medium Nessus Plugin ID 60497
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Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
- a flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Direct-IO implementation. This could have allowed a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.(CVE-2007-6716, Important)
- when running ptrace in 31-bit mode on an IBM S/390 or IBM System z kernel, a local unprivileged user could cause a denial of service by reading from or writing into a padding area in the user_regs_struct32 structure.
(CVE-2008-1514, Important)
- the do_truncate() and generic_file_splice_write() functions did not clear the setuid and setgid bits. This could have allowed a local unprivileged user to obtain access to privileged information. (CVE-2008-4210, Important)
- Tobias Klein reported a missing check in the Linux kernel's Open Sound System (OSS) implementation. This deficiency could have led to an information leak.
(CVE-2008-3272, Moderate)
- a potential denial of service attack was discovered in the Linux kernel's PWC USB video driver. A local unprivileged user could have used this flaw to bring the kernel USB subsystem into the busy-waiting state.
(CVE-2007-5093, Low)
- the ext2 and ext3 file systems code failed to properly handle corrupted data structures, leading to a possible local denial of service issue when read or write operations were performed. (CVE-2008-3528, Low)
In addition, these updated packages fix the following bugs :
- when using the CIFS 'forcedirectio' option, appending to an open file on a CIFS share resulted in that file being overwritten with the data to be appended.
- a kernel panic occurred when a device with PCI ID 8086:10c8 was present on a system with a loaded ixgbe driver.
- due to an aacraid driver regression, the kernel failed to boot when trying to load the aacraid driver and printed the following error message: 'aac_srb:
aac_fib_send failed with status: 8195'.
- due to an mpt driver regression, when RAID 1 was configured on Primergy systems with an LSI SCSI IME 53C1020/1030 controller, the kernel panicked during boot.
- the mpt driver produced a large number of extraneous debugging messages when performing a 'Host reset' operation.
- due to a regression in the sym driver, the kernel panicked when a SCSI hot swap was performed using MCP18 hardware.
- all cores on a multi-core system now scale their frequencies in accordance with the policy set by the system's CPU frequency governor.
- the netdump subsystem suffered from several stability issues. These are addressed in this updated kernel.
- under certain conditions, the ext3 file system reported a negative count of used blocks.
- reading /proc/self/mem incorrectly returned 'Invalid argument' instead of 'input/output error' due to a regression.
- under certain conditions, the kernel panicked when a USB device was removed while the system was busy accessing the device.
- a race condition in the kernel could have led to a kernel crash during the creation of a new process.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 60497
File Name: sl_20081119_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/1/2012
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5093, CVE-2007-6716, CVE-2008-1514, CVE-2008-3272, CVE-2008-3528, CVE-2008-4210